European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 2. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 lives of wives overseas mirrored in Survey by Janet d Agosti no medical writer when Elizabeth Braun s husband was assigned to the air base at san veto Italy she gave up her Job telephones and Cen trial heating. During he three years they lived in the Remote area of Southern Italy she often woke up to no running water Learned enough italian to buy food in he Small shops and had Tew friends to com miserable with Over the problems. It was not a Nice place for military families to be said Braun who was pregnant with her first child while in Italy. You have to Leam o adjust 0 an entirely different life and it was really hard for me. My Only goal then was to gel out of Italy without a car Accident or without being robbed. I m not exaggerating hat s the Way it is Down there. When her husband Cape. Todd Braun was assigned to  a Germany the transition was easier. We have Alj the luxuries of Home shopping u easier i have a lot More friends Rad i m Able to Start doing the things i enjoy again. I m very Happy Liere she said. But even in Germany Braun s life is different from we i it was in he United slates. She i still separated from family and Friend and she cannot find employ meat equal to her education and the sex Peri orc she had in the states As an administrative assistant at the University of Texas health science Center. Braun is one of More than 40 women who have shared their experiences with two researchers studying he wives of enlisted men and officers. The study currently is limited to the wives of army and air Force member stationed in Germany but researcher Kathryn Kavanagh plans to expand it to include Mili tary wives living in the states when she returns there this summer. Women Here in Europe have fewer Elizabeth Blu options than they arc used to having said Kavanagh who researched and put together the 120-Page questionnaire Dur ing the past a months. They have Learned to broaden their lives in the ., and yet Here they May not have the same  Kavanagh an anthropologist registered nurse and the wife of an air Force officer wants to know How women Cope with living in a different country. It s diff rat to integrate into the local Community unless you speak German which few of us do. She can t develop her career. She does t have a Job thai utilizes the talents she s developed she said. My question was How do they adapt Kavanagh and Myrtle Dickey a registered nurse who is helping conduct the Survey Are seeking wives who Are willing to share their experiences. The answers Sis in cedi by Jiral d a Tijano Kathryn Kavanagh o the questions arc Kepi separate from inc names of the participants Kavanagh stressed. Braun said she spent a month filling out the detailed Survey which includes questions about family history finances family separation and Community involvement. She said the spent so much time on the Survey because i think it s important it makes you think. Since i be been in Europe and i be been Here almost four years i Haven t had a Chance to think where am i going or what Hare i accomplished in the last four years of my life. Obviously my life is not the Way twas in the United  Braun believes she was Able to Cope with the hardships of san Vito by Reali zing there was no other person o depend on other than myself because my Hus band was Busy at work 10 to 12 hours a Day. In Germany in s entirely  Kavanagh who teaches sociology for the University of Maryland and does Cross cultural counselling through Bosto University said of her own experience in Europe my own relationship with the military changed. By being Here i was somewhat More dependent on the Mili tary As an institution. It was less Distant to me Here. I wondered what that experience was like for other  Kavanagh discovered while research ing the Survey hat much of the existing material focused on military wives in the states the idealized versions of what a military family and a military wife should m like or their problems Only. We wanted an Opportunity for people to express both the positives and the negatives said Kavanagh whose husband William is a lieutenant colonel at the i oth medical Laboratory in Lan Stuhl Tell us what your experience has been. If in s Alt bad of you just put in Down lie Way you experienced  the women will collect data in Europe for another year. After comparing it with their Survey of military wives in the slates and possibly to women not connected with the military they Hope to publish their findings in professional journals by the end of 1988 or early1989, Kavanagh said. They also intend to present their homogenized data to the services but Kavanagh stressed that the individual response would not be Given to he military. Kavanagh said that Ai women get into the Survey they Benefit by the self exploration. Type ill. No one Ever asks them their experience. It makes them Stop an think about some of he relationships in their lives not Only with their family but thai the family has with the Mili  women interested in participating in the study can write Dickey at Box 10853, apo090i2-s436. Who s the Boss teens Are with new car care company   Bureau Ramstein a Germany the real world of business offered a harsh Welcome to teen age entrepreneurs As drizzling rain dampened the grand opening of the stir car care company. Despite the bad weather 15 cars showed up he first Day for the specialized cleaning and waxing services offered by 27 Ramstein area Young people. And Busi Ness has Remai Ned at the 10-to-12-car level since. We just had a put feeling thai the demand is Here said Vivienne Sano. A University of Maryland Market ing professor who helped organize the Enterprise Hal opened june 23. The idea for a business owned and operated by Young people in a military Community grew from a paper presented in a Dass Sario taught in Heidelberg. But the kids structured he organization found work in advertised and now do the labor. I was hesitant at first because i wondered if not enough people would warn 10 work said Scot Juarez is a recent farm Tom High graduate who Heads the company. Through word of Mouth and fliers at school news of inc Opportunity for summer employment spread. The Dumoul was Strong enough to plan for to daily shifts of workers. They found a morale welfare and recreation Spon Sor through the Midnight Star teen Center on Bate and developed a package of pricey car services. A Wash and a can be had for 130. But can run As High Ai 160, with inside work on the car included. They thought ii was High at firm Sario said. But i told them not to sell themselves cheap. You pay men in the  although the a Milch group discovered a Spect izod Niche to till with the car service the problem of employment they attempted to solve is common for Young military family members overseas the chief complaint of Een agers is that there nothing to do said Sario who has a teen age daughter involved in the business. In the states they can work fasl food lifeguard or child care. There Are lots of opportunities. Here they need work permits the language is a Barrier and there Are logistical problems with getting them to  other than limited summer hire and grocery bag Ging jobs Orif is scarce she said. And starting a company not Only provided work in also offered Ujco kids a Chance to learn the  and Downs of running a business. Ii was mostly Downs the first Day As the entrepreneur Laboured in he rain and struggled with securing a Tarpaulin to provide a dry work space. The outside jobs Are Only half the ask faced by the 27 firm members. In addition to working on cars everyone must serve on a committee personnel marketing or accounting to give a hand in running he business. Thai is where Sario Hopes the summer Job becomes a learning experience As Well. Juarez previously worked in a stateside Nursery and has not been surprised by any aspects of Starling inc car care Enterprise. But at least some of his partners have latched onto the key difference Between having 2job and owning a business. When a week s work is done the Money taken in is divided among the workers after expenses and uie 30percent fee due mar ii deducted. We had a meeting to talk about running a Busi Ness Sario said. One of inc Kadi logic a up and Saij hey there s risk Here " Welcome o the real world. Ramstein a Germany two Ramit Cin High school boy scouts received he Eagle scout award i ceremonies monday and tuesday. Jeff Johnson. Is. And Sean May 16, both of troop 156, worked on projects in the Ramstein Community to attain the rank. Johnson made and distributed Lien and arranged for local Media announcements for a blood  also assisted corpsmen from the army regional medical Center in lands ,1 to sign in donor Sand serve refreshments. Johnson is the son of Barry and Clra key. For his project. May arranged for children in the Ramstein Community to be fingerprinted. May is inc son of col Gary and Deloris May. To wins contract on harm missiles Dallas up Texas instrument inc. Has won a 1556 million contract from the Navy s naval air systems come to build 2,575 bub Speed anti Radia Tion Mii sucs harms. The harms. Tired from aircraft o destroy hostile surface ship or land based radar installations have been in production at to since 1983, the contract announced monday Calls for the electronics firm to produce 210 missiles a month with final delivery scheduled by the fourth Quarter of 1989. The agreement Calls for to to deliver 977 missile to the Navy 1,410 to inc . Air Force and 188 to Germany. The Navy uses the harm system on a-7e, of a Isa and a 6h aircraft and the air Force uses he missiles on f-4g-wild weasel aircraft. To is also integrating harm on the Navy s a a and he air Force s f-16 aircraft and on the Tornado aircraft for Germany s Navy and lir Force. The company s Dernie systems and electronic group which  the harm has been among Ibe company s fastest growing units